Prompt: Write about your evening.
The prompt for today, May 26, 2026, is write about your evening.
My evenings have changed, of course, recently.
Come to think of it, I remember very little about what my evenings looked like before Emi. I imagine they were mostly spent sitting here in the office, working on whatever project had my attention at the time, or watching TV. Some evenings I’d go to the shop, and I always enjoyed that.
Once Emi was born, though, evenings took on a different shape.
As she got a little older, one of my favourite parts of the day became bath time. I loved giving her a bath, drying her off, getting her into her pyjamas and sleep sack, feeding her a bottle, and putting her down to sleep — first in her bassinet, and later in her crib. I loved that routine.
It’s one of the things I’ve missed most while my wrist has been healing.
Only now am I starting to be able to hold her in my lap again, mostly with my left arm, gently propping up the bottle while she drinks. I’ve been trying to help with her bedtime feed some evenings, though I still need a lot of Hannah’s help. We’re figuring it out as we go, slowly finding our way back into that rhythm.
I’d like our evenings to look a little different moving forward, too.
I have a tendency to sit in front of the TV when I’m home, and we don’t want Emi growing up around screens all the time. That means our routines have to change. I’ve been reading more on my Kobo, which has been good, though usually that happens only once everyone is asleep — and, admittedly, the TV is often still on.
These days, my evenings also include recording these audio journal episodes. Before this, it was writing blog posts. In some ways, maybe that hasn’t changed so much.
More than anything, I think I’ve come to appreciate a slow, gentle evening.
Emi’s schedule has brought structure to our days in a way we never really had before. We used to be free to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. Now there’s more rhythm to our time, more intention.
And strangely enough, that structure has been helpful.
It’s given us a clearer sense of our own time and how we want to spend it.
This post was lightly edited with AI assistance to improve clarity and readability while preserving the original voice and reflection.
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